hoarhound

horehound

, hoarhound

1. a downy perennial herbaceous Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, with small white flowers that contain a bitter juice formerly used as a cough medicine and flavouring: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

2. water horehound another name for bugleweed

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hoarhound

[′hȯr‚hau̇nd]

(botany)

marrubiumu

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